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Riot police storm screening of "The Encampments" documentary in UCLA. in c/news@hexbear.net
[–] somename@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

There's always some justification given for things like this. It's just a matter of course. That doesn't hide the obvious selective enforcement and undue severity.

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Riot police storm screening of "The Encampments" documentary in UCLA. (hyperallergic.com)
 

Two people were detained at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus last night, April 30, during an attempted screening of the new documentary The Encampments (2025), according to local reports and a university statement. Videos posted on social media show dozens of university police officers storming the campus in full riot gear at around 9pm as a group was gathering for the unofficial screening, hosted by the school’s suspended Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter.

The independent student-run community news platform Poppy Press reported that one of the two individuals detained during the screening shutdown was taken to the emergency room for injuries. Hyperallergic was unable to independently verify this or whether the two people detained were UCLA students.

Some videos of the incident.

https://nitter.tiekoetter.com/SJPatUCLA/status/1917817727554838723#m

https://nitter.tiekoetter.com/dailybruin/status/1917806471649321270#m

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[–] somename@hexbear.net 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, generally the best way to make fascists feel stupid is to make them seem weird or dorky.

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[–] somename@hexbear.net 0 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I say this as someone who does enjoy some 40k media. It’s not a real satire.

It can’t be a satire until there’s a real alternative shown to the empire, at least hypothetically. Not while there are things in the lore that actually ‘justify’ a fascist response. Not until every rebellion stops being chaos or genestealers.

Speaking of genestealers, take them as an example. Nothing about them adds to a satire of fascism. They do the opposite. They show fascism as correct. Evil outsiders coming into poison the bloodlines of the people, to drive them to madness and revolution, and the only solution is to kill all of them. That’s not a satire.